Six Realms Immortal Emperor

However, Xu Jingtian could neither hear nor see what was happening inside the stone gate.

He remained hidden around the corner, waiting quietly.

Just as he was getting impatient, the stone door suddenly opened, and a figure rushed out in a panic. Who else could it be but Yuan Fei?

"Senior Brother Yuan Fei?"

As Yuan Fei approached, Xu Jingtian stepped forward and pulled him to the corner.

Yuan Fei seemed to have been frightened by something, and his face turned very ugly. Only after he saw that it was Xu Jingtian did he let out a long breath.

"Oh, it's Junior Brother Jing Tian! You scared me to death!"

Xu Jingtian glanced around cautiously before whispering, "Senior Brother Yuan Fei, about what happened last time..."

"Shh!" Yuan Fei, pale with fright, quickly gestured for him to be quiet. He pulled Xu Jingtian forward for about ten paces before whispering in Xu Jingtian's ear, "You want to get me killed! Talking about ruining pills in the pavilion!"

Xu Jingtian smiled apologetically at him and asked in a low voice, "You just came out of the storage room, did it go smoothly?"

"Smoothly? Junior brother, look what this is!" Yuan Fei smiled bitterly and took out a pill bottle from his pocket.

"Isn't this the bottle of useless pills I gave you?" Xu Jingtian said after glancing at it.

Yuan Fei felt very apologetic. He nodded and said, "That's right, but these useless pills are truly doomed. To be honest, Junior Brother, I've approached the Pill Guardian Elder many times this past month, but for some reason, he always refuses. This time, it almost..."

Yuan Fei stopped abruptly, glancing behind him with lingering fear.

"No way, Senior Brother Yuan Fei, am I really that unlucky!" Xu Jingtian was immediately disappointed. He never expected that the discarded pills he had collected at great risk would become a hot potato.

"Oh, Junior Brother Xu, I'm truly sorry!" Yuan Fei seemed a little embarrassed, then said mysteriously, "By the way, I advise you to stay away from Elder Shou Dan. I'll take my leave now!"

After saying this, Yuan Fei waved his hand and left as if fleeing.

Inside the training room, Xu Jingtian stared at the pile of pill bottles, feeling extremely distressed.

Since discovering his inability to condense the spiritual liquid, he had asked Ochi about it many times. Ochi had never encountered such a thing before and couldn't figure out the reason.

From then on, Xu Jingtian noticed that Yuezhi's attitude towards him was getting worse and worse. Eventually, Yuezhi stopped asking about his cultivation at all and only inquired about Elder Shoudan's affairs every day, ignoring everything else about Xu Jingtian.

They had originally pinned their hopes on these discarded pills, but now it seems that all of that has become wishful thinking.

"What should we do? We can't just throw them all away, can we?"

He casually picked up a pill bottle, poured out a pill, held it in his hand, and with a gentle pinch of his fingers, the waste pill shattered into several small pieces.

A strong medicinal smell immediately filled the air. Xu Jingtian took a deep breath and, sure enough, it contained a lot of harmful impurities. He couldn't help but cough violently.

He clenched his fist in disappointment, and the waste pill instantly turned into powder, which he threw to the ground, making the surrounding medicinal smell even stronger.

Xu Jingtian estimated the time in his mind; in another hour or two, it would be dawn. He planned to throw all the useless pills off the cliff tomorrow night to avoid the annoyance of seeing them.

"I refuse to believe that condensing spiritual liquid is that difficult!" Xu Jingtian had cultivated a resolute character since childhood, and the more difficult the task, the more unwilling he was to admit defeat. He simply ignored those discarded pills, sat down cross-legged, and began to continue his daily cultivation.

The surrounding spiritual energy began to flow in wisps, slowly converging towards Xu Jingtian and entering his body. However, unlike before, this spiritual energy also contained the aura of discarded pills, which he absorbed into his body.

The spiritual energy flowed slowly along the meridians and gradually entered the dantian.

"Huh!"

To his surprise, the spiritual energy flow was much stronger than before, and it did not disappear immediately.

Just then, the prayer beads on his wrist seemed to sense harmful impurities that were eroding his meridians. A warm sensation traveled up his arm, and Xu Jingtian realized that the spiritual energy in his body had suddenly become empty.

Where exactly has the spiritual energy gone?

Xu Jingtian didn't have time to investigate further, but he noticed that the prayer beads suddenly flashed with a grain of rice-like light.

He continued to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy and carefully felt its flow. As he absorbed more and more spiritual energy, he seemed to feel that the moment the spiritual energy entered his body, it was completely absorbed by the prayer beads on his wrist.

This is why he cannot gather spiritual liquid in his body!

As he continued to absorb spiritual energy, he also absorbed more and more of the aura from the discarded pills. At the same time, the spots of light on the prayer beads flashed faster and brighter.

It really is a treasure!

By chance, Xu Jingtian finally discovered the reason why his body couldn't gather spiritual energy: the prayer beads on his wrist. They could not only absorb pure spiritual energy but also remove harmful impurities, thus purifying the spiritual energy.

He continued his efforts, and more and more spiritual energy entered his body. Xu Jingtian finally clearly felt the suction force of the prayer beads, as if they were a huge bottomless pit. No matter how hard he tried to absorb the spiritual energy from the surroundings, he could never fill it up.

Xu Jingtian smiled bitterly. What exactly were these prayer beads? Could they be some kind of wild beast parasitizing him? All his hard work in cultivation had only resulted in them benefiting him?

Regardless of what's strange about these prayer beads, since they haven't caused him any major harm yet, Xu Jingtian continued to frantically absorb the surrounding spiritual energy.

The prayer beads on his wrist seemed like a bottomless pit, absorbing all the spiritual energy he received.

In the early stages of Qi Refining, which are divided into Qi Refining Level 1 to Qi Refining Level 3, the main method is to temper the physical body by condensing spiritual energy, removing impurities and cleansing away filth, thereby improving the body's endurance.

In the mid-stage of Qi Refining, one can condense spiritual liquid through cultivation techniques. Only those who successfully condense spiritual liquid in their dantian can be considered to have truly entered the world of cultivation.

The Brahma Sect recruits inner disciples based on the mid-stage of Qi Refining. Only those who reach the mid-stage of Qi Refining have the opportunity to obtain cultivation resources provided by the sect and further improve their cultivation.

If Xu Jingtian couldn't condense spiritual liquid in his dantian, he wouldn't even be able to pass the initial stage of Qi Refining, let alone his future cultivation. The prayer beads on his wrist, like a starving beast, devoured all the spiritual liquid he had painstakingly condensed, leaving not a single drop.

"Even if you're a hungry wolf, I'll still feed you!" Xu Jingtian was determined to find out the true extent of the power of the prayer beads.

With a slurp, Xu Jingtian picked up a pill bottle and poured out all the waste pills inside. His other hand wasn't idle either; he grabbed a few waste pills and crushed them into powder.

The harmful odor around them suddenly increased several times over, and the room was filled with a pungent smell.

"bring it on!"

Xu Jingtian boldly let loose, inhaling deeply and violently, the harmful fumes surging into his body. If an ordinary disciple were to absorb so much harmful gas, the excessive accumulation of impurities in their body could lead to chaotic breathing, or even damage to their meridians and demonic possession.

But Xu Jingtian didn't need to worry at all. The prayer beads on his wrist were a huge spiritual energy filter, accepting all kinds of waste energy. No matter how much waste energy he absorbed, the prayer beads would purify it.

Moreover, as his cultivation deepened, his meridians were tempered and refined, undergoing thousands of contractions and expansions, making his flesh and blood more solid and his muscles more dense.

In terms of physical strength alone, Xu Jingtian has now reached the fifth level of the Physical Body Realm. The benefits of this are that his strength has also increased dramatically, and his reaction speed and physical resistance to blows have all reached a new level.

"Hahaha!"

Xu Jingtian also felt the subtle changes in his body and almost laughed out loud with pride. These discarded pills in front of him had undoubtedly become treasures again!

He also discovered that although the prayer beads absorb spiritual energy, there is a limit to how much they can absorb. As long as you keep pouring spiritual energy into them, they will eventually be filled.

If one bottle of waste pills isn't enough, use two bottles; if two bottles aren't enough, use three bottles, until it's fully saturated!

As Xu Jingtian persisted in his cultivation, the number of pill bottles he had accumulated grew larger and larger, and within an hour, he had used up about a third of them.

One of the nine prayer beads, as it absorbed more spiritual energy, became lighter in color, changing from its initial dark gray to its current off-white gray.